Akron Children’s Hospital launches app for childhood cancer survivors
Akron, Ohio-based Akron Children’s Hospital has launched an app and website for childhood cancer survivors called CancerLateFX created...
Jan 28, 2014
Childhood cancer survivors experience a gap in care, Loyola study shows
A recent study shows that many internists feel ill-equipped to care for adult patients who are childhood cancer survivors. Read more...
Jan 24, 2014
Childhood cancer survivors tracked in Ontario but not B.C.
A group lobbying for long-term care of childhood cancer survivors in B.C. said Ontario is more than a decade ahead in the field....
Jan 15, 2014
Childhood Cancer Survivors a Growing Patient Population
Improved treatment of childhood cancer has led to an unprecedented health care problem, with primary care physicians unprepared to care...
Jan 10, 2014
Childhood Cancer's New Conundrum
Adults who survived childhood cancer are facing a new health challenge: premature aging. As more survivors reach their 30s and 40s,...
Dec 30, 2013
Examining the social side effects of brain cancer
Researchers at the Alberta Children’s Hospital are working to help children who survive brain cancer with their social skills as they...
Dec 17, 2013
Symptoms Linked to Poor Quality of Life in Long-term Childhood Cancer Survivors
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Due to improved treatments and technologies, more children than ever are surviving cancer....
Dec 17, 2013
Exercise is a positive prescription for child cancer survivors
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 12, 2013 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Parks full of children playing baseball, tossing Frisbees and romping around a playground are...
Dec 17, 2013
Preventable risk factors pose serious threat to heart health of childhood cancer survivors
A Childhood Cancer Survivors Study led by St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital suggests that reducing risk factors like hypertension...
Dec 13, 2013
Cancer treatment of childhood comes with risk of kidney damage
A new study proves that some adult survivors of childhood cancer are at increased risk for kidney problems. Read more here:...
Dec 13, 2013